http://operetta-research-center.org/music-stoppedwilly-rosens-holocaust-new-book-casey-j-hayes/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://operetta-research-center.org/music-stoppedwilly-rosens-holocaust-new-book-casey-j-hayes/#comment-10065 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:12:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=22971#comment-10065 I’ve had the opportunity to read this book pre-publication. It is as yet the most complete story of the life of Willy Rosen from being the toast of Berlin to a victim of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone sang Rosen songs. He himself bemoaned the fact people sang or played them from memory, so didn’t pay royalties! Over 600 songs composed of written by Rosen, sung by many including Richard Tauber and played by all the top bands of the plush Berlin hotels. Rosen performed for both the famous and infamous. In the Nazi Transit camp of Westerbork in the Netherlands he performed for Eichmann. Read Willy’s story with sympathy and understanding.

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